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MicroPhage releases quick aureus/MRSA study results

Many people with sleep disorders, particularly obstructive , suffer a variety of other health conditions, including diabetes. As a result of the other health conditions, people with obstructive sleep apnea often find themselves battling associated and related health issues, including those such as cellulitis, which may lead to blood stream infections.

The performance of a new diagnostic test platform that rapidly identifies Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus, “staph”) bacteremia and determines antibiotic resistance or susceptibility in as little as five hours was presented at the 109th General Meeting of the in Philadelphia, PA this week.

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Did you lose your job recently? Get a free Franklin Planner

While President Barack Obama is seeing “glimmers of hope” in the economy, most people in the country are dealing with real life. Real life is where people work to earn their money, not simply have "expense accounts” awarded to them for entertainment, travel, and whatnot.

President Obama currently earns $400,000 per year, along with a $50,000 expense account, a $100,000 nontaxable travel account and $19,000 for entertainment. That’s a total of $569,000, something the “average” American citizen doesn’t get per year — especially the non-taxable money.

So, while Obama may see glimmers of the pots of glimmering coinage he’s getting for being the most current resident to live in and use the services of the White House, most of us aren’t seeing too many glimmers.

Many are looking just for light at the end of the tunnel and hoping to make it to next month without any financial disaster, while a lot of folks hope they don’t get hit with some new fee the credit card gurus dream up to charge before Washington possibly takes steps to protect consumers from gouging, conniving, thieving credit card issuers.

The rest of the reality in the country today is with people focusing their attention on keeping — or getting — a job. On April 3, the about the nation’s employment situation. It stated 694,000 people lost their jobs in March 2009, bringing the total number of unemployed Americans to 13.2 million, which took the unemployment rate to 8.5 percent.

A helping hand reaches out from the gloom

FranklinCovey, a company focused on time management, personal success and achievement, and productivity, is extending a helping hand to people who have lost their jobs. The company is giving away free 2009 FranklinCovey planners to those who found themselves holding a pink slip rather than a paycheck. For people with apnea, short-term memory loss is often an issue, so this would be the perfect tool to help complement (or would it be to supplement – or both?) your memory.

According to a press release issued  by the company, “Our last Leg Up Campaign was so helpful, we’re running the event again today and tomorrow,” which would be Friday, April 24, 2009, and Saturday, April 25, 2009.

“Have you recently lost your job or know someone who has? We know looking for a new position can become a full-time job, and we’d like to help,” according to the press release.”

How to get the free 2009 FranklinCovey planner

To qualify for the free 2009 free FranklinCovey planner, you must provide the name of your former employer, your supervisor’s name, and the date you were laid off.

So how do get the planner? Simply drop by any of the FranklinCovey Retail Store around the country today or tomorrow. Specific products and availability differ per store, the company noted in the press release.

If you don’t live near a FranklinCovey Retail Store, simply call the FranklinCovey Call Center on Friday only between the hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. (MST). The company will be able to ship a planner to you, but you will have to help pay for the shipping. The FranklinCovey Call Center is closed on Saturday.

To contact the Call Center on Friday, please call 1-800-654-1776.

For FranklinCovey Retail Store locations, see here.

FranklinCovey wants to help those who have recently lost their job get a leg up during these recessionary times, so join us this Friday and Saturday at a FranklinCovey store near you!

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Obesity Associated With Worsening Cognitive Function in Older Men

Older men with higher levels of fat appear more likely to experience declines in cognitive function over seven years, but the same association does not appear to occur in older women. Alka M. Kanaya, M.D., of the University of California–San Francisco, and colleagues studied 3,054 elderly individuals enrolled in the .

Participants’ adiposity (fat level) was assessed by body mass index, waist circumference, sagittal diameter (distance between the back and the highest point of the abdomen), total fat mass and subcutaneous (beneath the skin) and visceral fat (fat between the internal organs) measured by computed tomography.

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People too fat, too thin have increased dementia risk

Midlife obesity may be associated with risk for dementia, but after age 65, the relationship between body mass index and dementia appears to reverse so that underweight individuals are at higher risk. Annette L. Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., of the , and colleagues analyzed data from 2,798 adults (average age 74.7) without dementia.

Participants reported their weight at age 50 (midlife) and had their height and weight measured at age 65 or older (late life).

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Identifying women at-risk of developing cognitive impairment

Women with the cluster of cardiovascular risk factors known collectively as the metabolic syndrome appear likely to develop, over a four-year period.

Kristine Yaffe, M.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, and the , and colleagues assessed 4,895 older women (average age 66.2) who did not have cognitive impairment at the beginning of the study.

Of the 497 (10.2 percent) women who had the metabolic syndrome 7.2 percent (36) developed cognitive impairment during a four-year period, compared with 4.1 percent (181 of 4,398) of those who did not have the metabolic syndrome. Each additional component of the syndrome — such as abdominal obesity, high blood pressure and low HDL cholesterol levels—was associated with a 23 percent increase in risk of cognitive impairment.

“As the obesity and sedentary lifestyle epidemic escalates throughout the world, identification of the role of these modifiable behaviors in increasing risk for development of deleterious outcomes, such as cognitive impairment, is critical,” the authors noted.

“Future research should assess whether identification of cognitive impairment among patients with the metabolic syndrome or more aggressive clinical control of the factors that compose the metabolic syndrome might lessen the risk of developing cognitive impairment in elderly people,” the authors concluded.

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